The Brothers Karamazov

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Fyodor Dostoevsky was born in Moscow on November 11, 1821. He had six siblings. His mother died in 1837 and his father in 1839. He graduated from the St Petersburg Academy of Military Engineering in 1846 but decided to change careers and become a writer.

His first book, Poor Folk, was well-received. However, on April 23, 1849, he was arrested for subversion and sentenced to death. After a mock execution, his sentence was commuted to hard labor in Siberia, where he developed epilepsy. He was released in 1854. His 1860 book, The House of the Dead, was based on these experiences.

In 1857, he married Maria Dmitrievna Isaeva. After his release, he adopted more conservative and traditional values, rejecting his previous socialist stance. He spent a significant amount of time abroad in the following years, struggled with a gambling addiction, and fell deeply into debt. His wife died in 1864, and he then married Anna Grigoryeva Snitkina.

In the years that followed, he published his most enduring and successful books, including Crime and Punishment (1865). He died on February 9, 1881.

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